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Apple Mail Command Execution Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27785
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Release Date:
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2007-11-22
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Last Update:
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2007-12-18
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Popularity:
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13,375 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Apple Macintosh OS X
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Apple Mail, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of unsafe file types in email attachments. This can be exploited via a specially crafted email containing an attachment of an ostensibly safe file type (e.g. ".jpg") to execute arbitrary shell commands when the attachment is double-clicked.
This is related to vulnerability #8 in:
SA19064
The vulnerability is reported in Apple Mail included in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
Change Page:
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